Am I a gangster or a murderer?
Of what crime do I stand
Condemned? I made the whole world weep
At the beauty of my land.


Selected Poems (1983) - Nobel Prize

Boris Pasternak Quotes

Am I a gangster or a murderer? Of what crime do I stand Condemned? I made the whole world weep At the beauty of my land.

Am I a gangster or a murderer? Of what crime do I stand Condemned? I made the whole world weep At the beauty of my land.

Am I a gangster or a murderer? Of what crime do I stand Condemned? I made the whole world weep At the beauty of my land.

Am I a gangster or a murderer? Of what crime do I stand Condemned? I made the whole world weep At the beauty of my land.